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elephantinc 13-03-2011 12:23 PM

Server-Side Story
 
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I'm reluctant to elaborate on this in case nothing comes of it but it's my attempt at zoomorphising a google bot.

elephantinc 13-03-2011 10:09 PM

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To not really elaborate at all:

elephantinc 13-03-2011 10:40 PM

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Retro game box art:

Chirone 13-03-2011 11:24 PM

are you attempting another game?

elephantinc 14-03-2011 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Chirone (Post 316081)
are you attempting another game?

Yep, me and my computing teacher were talking about how production times/staff size for games have increased since he was a kid and how charming some of the retro games seem now and it ended up with him challenging me to male a retro game as quickly as possible...

So I decided to go with retro graphics/sound so I can do it quickly, hoping I can finish by easter. I know pretty much what I'm going to do...


On a slightly related note I managed to solve most of my previous problems, I know know how to get it to work I'm just not sure if that's what I should do. Do you know of anywhere where I can find examples of Iphone apps? The only ones I can find aren't object oriented.

Chirone 14-03-2011 08:06 PM

not object orientated? I don't know how that happens in objC...
I don't know of any examples because I already knew how OOP worked when I started and had seen it before in java and C#.
Now that i have a mac of my own i can probably provide some assistance more better than before

elephantinc 17-03-2011 09:53 PM

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Which icon do you think is better?
I'm leaning towards the last one but it seems a bit too nondescript.
I guess I have to balance between what looks good and what will catch peoples' eyes

stwert 17-03-2011 10:14 PM

May I suggest the server at an angle like #1, a much lighter background like #2 but w/o 1s and 0s and the spider front on like #2.

elephantinc 17-03-2011 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by stwert (Post 316270)
May I suggest the server at an angle like #1, a much lighter background like #2 but w/o 1s and 0s and the spider front on like #2.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give that a shot tomorrow.
I did have two more attempts before I came back to this thread though. Really can't decide between the two...

stwert 17-03-2011 11:54 PM

They look the same to me... oh, different shadows? #2 then. Or rather my idea :P

elephantinc 18-03-2011 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by stwert (Post 316270)
May I suggest the server at an angle like #1, a much lighter background like #2 but w/o 1s and 0s and the spider front on like #2.

I gave it a shot, what do you think?

Chirone 18-03-2011 10:22 PM

that's a good one. I do wonder though... why don't you just post the icon instead a whole screen shot...?

elephantinc 18-03-2011 10:37 PM

I find on its own it is much harder to see how good it is. The second one I posted seemed all right on its own but next to all the other icons looks quite bad....

stwert 18-03-2011 10:43 PM

I think that's pretty good... you could try it with the spider flat like in the second one over the server, and also give that semi-circular lighten effect that apple does a try so you can really compare it to the other icons.

elephantinc 18-03-2011 11:29 PM

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I had a bash at a menu, the small spiders either won't be there or will wonder the screen...

To be honest, I really like this icon so I'm going to lay off it for a while so I can come back later and look at it more objectively.


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